RCMP Briefs: Police contend with unhappy customers

Sicamous RCMP were called out to a series of incidents where customers were reluctant to pay their bills.

On July 19 at 11:27 p.m., police receive a report of an intoxicated person refusing to pay bill and causing a disturbance at a local liquor establishment. The subject was taken into custody and lodged in cells until sober. The following day, at 9:42 a.m, police were asked to attend a local restaurant where another person was refusing to pay a bill. Then, at around 11:30 a.m., officers were asked to attend roadside incident where a truck had broken down and the driver had received services from tow truck driver but was refusing to pay.

• July 15, 7:05 p.m., Sicamous RCMP received a report of possible impaired driver in a white Dodge pickup leaving a Sicamous address.

• July 15, 7:25 p.m, report from North Mara Lake of a possibly impaired person driving a small boat.

July 15, 8:25 p.m., police requested to attend and assist with a family disturbance. Officers apprehended an individual who was taken to hospital for a mental health assessment.

• July 16, 10:17 a.m., police requested to attend and assist with a neighbour dispute.

July 19, 1:46 p.m., possible impaired driver reported in Mara area, a blue Ford pickup. Police located vehicle and the driver was taken into custody and charged with impaired driving.

• July 19, 3:09 p.m, police received a call about a series of gunshots near a residence.

• July 19, 5:31 p.m., police attended a single-vehicle accident on at the Trans-Canada Highway/Highway 97A intersection. The driver sustained minor injuries and was treated by BC Ambulance paramedics.

• July 19, 11:07 p.m., concerns reported to police of missing parent, who was found to be at a friend’s place.

• July 20, 12:57 a.m., police stopped a vehicle for suspicious driving. The investigating officer determined the driver, a Salmon Arm man, was impaired by drug and issued 24-hour driving suspension. A small amount of cocaine seized from the vehicle.

• July 20, 7:25 p.m, an officer on patrol near Craigellachie pulled over a vehicle and found the driver, a Chase woman, to be intoxicated. The driver is facing charges for impaired driving and driving over .08.

• July 20, 10:43 p.m., fireworks were reportedly being set off near Swansea Point Road.

• July 21, 1:16 a.m., a group of youths in a truck were reported to be at a local business, yelling, screaming and causing a disturbance.

• July 21, 4:46 p.m., an intoxicated individual was found on Solsqua-Sicamous Road by an officer on patrol. The intoxicated person was arrested and lodged in cells until sober and able to care for himself.